MoFo Tech

October 10, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics

U.S. DOT Revamps Federal Guidance on Automated Vehicle Development and Rollout

By: Erin M. Bosman

Updating and building on guidance issued one year ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation published a new federal guidance document entitled Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (“AV 3.0”). AV 3.0, released on October 4, 2018, incorporates extensive stakeholder feedback to …›

August 17, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics, European Union

Can the EU become a leader in AI Technology?

By: Alistair Maughan

The European Commission has stated that it wants to establish the EU as a leader in the AI industry in order to, among other things, discontinue non-EU companies’ dominance of the EU tech market. Nevertheless, the Commission’s goals for increasing the use of AI …›

July 20, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics, Privacy + Data Security

Managing Corporate AI

By: Stephanie Lynn Sharron

When companies employ artificial intelligence technologies they have to be mindful of the legal and ethical problems those technologies might cause. While the scope of legal concerns surrounding AI technologies’ impact is broad, of particular concern are instances of unlawful bias and discrimination, privacy …›

June 19, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics, European Union, Privacy + Data Security

If Algorithms Take Over Routine Work, This Also Kills our Expertise

By: Lokke Moerel

In this opinion piece, Morrison & Foerster Senior of Counsel Lokke Moerel challenges current predictions of the ways in which Artificial (AI) Intelligence is going to transform our jobs. Drawing a parallel with how using sat nav systems has impacted our navigation skills, she …›

May 21, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics, European Union

The EU’s Strategy for AI Investment

By: Alistair Maughan and Sana Ashcroft

The European Union has laid out a strategy to promote the growth of Artificial Intelligence technology in Europe. As so often with EU initiatives, the initiatives designed to implement the strategy are long on vision but short on specific practical changes. EU-based entities will …›

March 2, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics, Regulatory

Personal Delivery Devices (PDD): New Transportation Frontiers Emerge for Autonomous Vehicle Rulemakers

By: Tessa J. Schwartz

When most people think of autonomous vehicles (AVs), expansive highways filled with driverless sports utility vehicles and 18-wheelers likely spring to mind. But there’s another whole category of driverless vehicles in need of regulation: personal delivery devices (PDDs), small autonomous vehicles that mostly use …›

February 28, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics, Regulatory

California Opens the Road to Fully Driverless Cars; Federal Policymaking Slowly Rolls Forward

By: Tessa J. Schwartz

New regulations from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles are the first in the nation to allow permits for the testing—and the post-testing deployment—of automatic vehicles (AVs) without a human driver present in the vehicle. California’s new regulations aren’t without significant requirements, however. Find out what …›

September 19, 2017 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics

USDOT Issues New Policy on Development and Deployment of Automated Vehicle Technologies

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in September 2016 released a policy that affects stakeholders in the autonomous-vehicle-technology (AV technology) industry. The policy, among other things: - Requires entities that are planning to develop AV technology to submit to the …›

May 23, 2017 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics

A Simple Case of Statutory Interpretation: The FAA Lacks Authority to Require Model Aircraft Operators to Register

On May 19, 2017, a federal appellate court struck down part of the FAA’s attempt to safely monitor and integrate small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) into the national airspace. The D.C. Circuit found that the FAA’s Registration Rule, which was promulgated in December 2015 …›

April 10, 2017 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics

FAA Announces First-Ever Drone-Specific Airspace Restrictions

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that, as of April 14, 2017, the restrictions that apply to drone flights near populated areas and airports will also apply to drone flights near 133 military facilities. The first airspace restrictions to apply specifically and solely to drones, …›